Not included in the total number given on top of the page are the 30 unsuccessful pregnancies
which didn't result in a live born calf.
Also not included are mortalities during capture
operations which were, at least in the years until 1970,
another 10 orcas in WA, USA and 1 orca in BC, Canada. Another orca died during the 1992 capture in Argentina. On September 26, 2003, a juvenile female orca died during a capture in Russia. In August 2012 at least one more orca died during a Russian capture.
All these included would bring the total death count up to 204 orcas.

Note: According to data
recently released by the Japanese Fisheries Agency, in
total 63 orcas have been taken in Japanese waters
since 1972. Two of these orcas are still alive, 18 are
listed as dead in the above count. That means that in
addition to the ones listed above another 43 orcas have
been taken, possibly killed during captures or more probably killed for meat or pet food.

Growth rate defined by Duffield and Miller (1988)
was used to estimate the age from the length at time of capture.

deceased orcas by time in captivity

deceased orcas by date of death

deceased orcas by aquarium

deceased orcas by origin

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